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While the White House lauds the men and women of the U.S. Merchant Marine, the foundation for the preservation of that industry is being undermined. Workers and their families will be discarded, and an essential U.S. industry will be outsourced.

Tuesday's socialist sweep in New York was built on the organizing power of the Democratic Socialists of America, which has now established itself as the leading political power in the city.

Unlike too many liberal pundits, we are not going to attack Trump from the right, with a hidden suggestion that the terms should be rejected and war might continue.

Instead of cutting benefits for the retirees who count on Social Security, we need to take bipartisan action to protect those benefits. That starts with a common-sense solution: lifting the Social Security payroll tax cap.

The government can continue to deport millions of people without court hearings.

Last night, New York City’s labor and non-profit leaders got a brutal reminder that they no longer politically speak for the working class they claim to represent.

Thinking strategy in a time of hard choices

Big Tech elitists have their hooks into everything—from what happens in the privacy of our homes to the rampant AI-driven militarism we see unfolding on the global stage. Luckily, people are fighting back.

As the sixth prime minister since the historic vote calls it quits, most Britons agree it’s been an epic disaster. But in the next election, things may get even worse.

Gasland director Josh Fox’s new HBO documentary, The Welcome Table, argues the climate emergency is inseparable from empire, capitalism, and the fight for universal freedom of movement.